Show Me The Money — the bottom line on workplace change

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Facility managers and CRE professionals are increasingly being asked to quantify the impact of workplace change on organizational priorities. That was easy in the days when the (short-sighted) top priority was reducing real estate costs. But employers are finally beginning to understand that workplace design and work practices that are good for people are good for the bottom line.

Telecommuting Benefits: The Bottom Line

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The purpose of this paper is to quantify the benefits of telecommuting for employers, employees, and the community.

Three decades have passed since the concept of telecommuting— the substitution of technology for commuter travel—was conceived. A broad body of evidence now corroborates the many economic, environmental, and societal benefits that researchers predicted. Occasional telecommuting (one day a month) has grown significantly in recent years—increasing 74% from 2005 to 2008, though few companies have adopted it as a regular, multiple days per week, business practice.